The aim of this study is the reconstruction of a case of puerperal fever, which affected the mother of Caterina de' Medici, the future Queen of France, in 1519. Only unpublished data found in the Archives were used, to follow the onset and the development of the disease, offering a glimpse into medical perception of the time. The description of the case provides interesting points of contact with modern medicine.

Chocolate in health and disease / Lippi D.. - In: MATURITAS. - ISSN 0378-5122. - STAMPA. - 67:(2010), pp. 195-196.

Chocolate in health and disease.

LIPPI, DONATELLA
2010

Abstract

The aim of this study is the reconstruction of a case of puerperal fever, which affected the mother of Caterina de' Medici, the future Queen of France, in 1519. Only unpublished data found in the Archives were used, to follow the onset and the development of the disease, offering a glimpse into medical perception of the time. The description of the case provides interesting points of contact with modern medicine.
2010
67
195
196
Lippi D.
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